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Chris Gore dishes about the future of Film Threat including a project with former Projection Booth host, Rob St. Mary!

In 1994, Roger Corman rushed to start the production of The Fantastic Four — an adaptation of Marvel’s quartet of superpowered beings who (somewhat) represented the four elements of earth (The Thing), Air (Invisible Girl), Fire (The Human Torch) and water (Mr. Fantastic).   The documentary Doomed: The Untold Story of Roger Corman’s the Fantastic Four  tells the story of the making of — and ultimate fate of — the 1995 film. Interviews include writer/director Marty Langford, actor Carl Ciarfalio, and embedded journalist Chris Gore. Co-hosts Rod Lott and Rob St Mary join Mike to discuss the film and other “unmaking of” documentaries. Links: Visit the official Doomed: The Untold Story of Roger Corman’s the Fantastic Fourwebsite Like DOOMED on Facebook Visit FlickAttack.com Visit Bookgasm.com

Special Guests: Fred Dekker, Tom Atkins Guest Co-Hosts: Heather Drain, Maitland McDonagh “What is this? A homicide, or a bad B-movie?” Fred Dekker’s Night of the Creeps (1986) is a love letter to science fiction movies of the ’50s. It’s the story of Chris (Jason Lively) and JC (Steve Marshall), two friends who accidentally unleash a zombie plague from outer space onto their college campus. It’s up to them, Cynthia (Jill Whitlow), and the grizzled Detective Cameron (Tom Atkins) to stop it. Maitland McDonagh and Heather Drain join Mike to discuss this wonderful film. Interviews feature writer/director Fred Dekker and star Tom Atkins Buy Night of the Creeps on DVD Buy the Night of the Creeps soundtrack by Barry DeVorzon Visit Mondo Heather’s website Visit Diabolique Magazine Visit the Miskatonic Institute

Directed by Leo McCarey, Duck Soup (1933) was the last of the four Marx Brothers’ run at Paramount. A send-up of politics and warmongering, Duck Soup is an anarchic collection of sight gags, wordplay, and surrealism in which Groucho Marx plays Rufus T. Firefly, the man who will save Freedonia from disaster, despite the efforts of Chicolini (Chico Marx) and Pinky (Harpo Marx), two Sylvanian spies.  Guest this week include Robert S. Bader (author of Four of the Three Musketeers: The Marx Brothers on Stage), Robert Weide (producer of Marx Brothers in a Nutshell) and Joseph Adamson (author of Groucho, Harpo, Chico and Sometimes Zeppo: A History of the Marx Brothers and a Satire on the Rest of the World).  Rob St. Mary and Jon Cross join Mike to discuss Duck Soup and the Marx Brothers.